BREAKING – Judicial Watch Sues DOJ For Comey Memos

Judicial Watch today announced it filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ for information about fired FBI Director James Comey’s memos he wrote after his meeting with President Trump.

Via Judicial Watch:

Judicial Watch today announced it filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for information about former FBI Director James Comey’s memorandum written after his meeting with President Trump regarding potential interference by the Russians in the 2016 presidential election (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:17-cv-01189)

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the Department of Justice failed to respond to a May 16 FOIA request seeking:

The memorandum written by former Director James Comey memorializing his meeting and conversation with President Trump regarding the FBI’s investigation of potential Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election. For purposes of clarification, this memorandum was reportedly written on or about February 13, 2017 and is the subject of a New York Timesarticle … dated May 16, 2017.

The memo purportedly recounts a conversation between President Trump and Comey about a pending investigation of Gen. Mike Flynn.

President of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton had this to say about the Comey memos and the New York Times:

“That we have to sue in federal court to get a document that was read to a reporter at The New York Times is a scandal. This Comey memo should be released forthwith and, frankly, the president can and should order its immediate release.”